miscellaneous
Lying on the Floor
I’ve been thinking lately a lot about line. When I look at the world, I often don’t see shapes and shades; I see lines between objects, between darker and lighter…
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watercolor paint
Berlin Pics
These two small paintings are of the Berlin cityscape as I saw it last month from the top of the Reichstag, the parliament building. In one, you can see the…
cut paper
Name in the Round update
I’ve made a special background for this papercut, using matboard and watercolors. The recipient likes pink and other bright colors, hence the color choices. I still had to make them…
oil paints
Dead Banana
This banana peel aged so quickly that it became mostly brown within minutes of being removed from its center (which was delicious). The original purpose of the lightbulb was to…
cut paper
Name in the Round
This papercut is a present for the daughter of a good friend of mine who I visited recently. Before I send it to her, I’m going to create a colorful…
Back in the Metalshop
So I’m back in the metalshop for the summer. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to make. So far, I created a tool that screws into the ground so…
watercolor paint
South Germany Lanscapes
These two small paintings are from references photos I took while in south Germany visiting my “grandmother” Else. The first is of these huge, solid-looking clouds of which I saw…
commissionscut paper
Birchat for Architect
When I was in Berlin earlier this month, an unknown person (a friend of a friend) let me stay in her apartment while she was out of town. I’ll be…
watercolor paint
Sad (Blue) Bananas
These bananas are sad because they are on blue and because they are pale. More info here …
watercolor paint
Near Else’s House
While I was staying with Else, in Traifelberg, I did two small plein air paintings. It was quite chilly, so I only had a little while before my fingers got…
watercolor paint
Lichtenstein Castle
During my stay with a family friend in the Traifelberg in South Germany last week, I did three small plein air studies of parts of Schloss Lichtenstein (a ‘medieval’ castle…
watercolor paint
Redwoods from Below
On a visit to California, I looked up at the redwoods, all zeroing in on a point directly above me in the sky. Captured in this painting, they look to…